Carol I of Romania
King of Romania from 1881 to 1914
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A German prince imported to hold together two fractious provinces, Carol I turned a shaky experiment into a kingdom — then spent fifty years navigating the gap between his dynasty's ties and his adopted country's enemies.
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Born Karl von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1839, he was elected Prince of the Romanian United Principalities in 1866 after a palace coup unseated Alexandru Ioan Cuza. He personally led troops in the Russo-Turkish War, commanded the siege of Plevna, and secured independence in 1878; three years later he was proclaimed King. His reign saw railways and factories rise and rival Liberal and Conservative parties vie for power, but the progress came with scandal — the Strousberg Affair directly touched him — and the peasantry remained desperate, erupting in a 1907 revolt crushed by force. He had secre…
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